Everlasting

a.	1.	Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immortal; eternal.
	2.	Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive; as, this everlasting nonsence. I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee . . . the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. - Gen xvii. 8. And heard thy everlasting yawn confess The pains and penalties of idleness. - Pope. Whether we shall meet again I know not; Therefore our everlasting farewell take; Forever, and forever farewell, Cassius. - Shak. Everlasting flower Sane as Everlasting, n., 3. Everlasting pea an ornamental plant (Lathyrus latifolius) related to the pea; - so called because it is perennial.
n.	1.	Eternal duration, past or future; eternity. From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. - Ps. xc. 2.
	2.	With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God.
	3.	(Bot.) A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as, the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle (Xeranthemum anuum) of the French, the cudweeds, etc.
	4.	A cloth fabric for shoes, etc. See Lasting.

Noun	1.	everlasting - any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color Synonyms: everlasting flower
Adj.	1.	everlasting - continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven" Synonyms: ageless, eternal, perpetual, unceasing, unending
	2.	everlasting - expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "tired or his everlasting whimpering"; "an infernal nuisance" Synonyms: blame, blamed, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamned, damn, goddamn, blasted, blessed, infernal
	3.	everlasting - lasting for an indefinitely long period of time Synonyms: aeonian, eonian, eternal, lasting
	4.	everlasting - without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense" Synonyms: arrant, double-dyed, sodding, utter, thoroughgoing, staring, perfect, pure, consummate, stark, complete, gross
	5.	everlasting - continuing too long; "everlasting complaints"

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